Due Fri, 3/22: Study for POLLUTION (student seminars & classwork) & POPULATION (Ch 6) test. Due ongoing: Science Seminar presentations: POLLUTION: Research presentation AND guided handout for peers. Due Mon, 3/11: Practice Long Division HERE AND Graph your two countries' population pyramids AND complete the Chapter 5.3 & 6 packet with population calculation practice problems. Due Thurs, 2/28: Create a poster of carbon pools for your 1 m x 1 m plot. Due Tues, 2/26: Read handout about Carbon pools Due Mon, 2/11: Core concepts & online quiz for Ch 5 (Optional extra credit for also doing chapter 4). Due Fri, 2/8: Prepare for a nitrogen cycle & eutrophication quiz Due Thurs, 2/7: Graphic organizers on the back of TWO readings: Nitrogen cycle & Eutrophication Due Tues, 12/18: Surface area : volume ratio worksheet, #1-5 Due Fri, 12/7: Core Concepts, Ch 12. Due Thurs, 12/6: Revised experimental procedure for porosity & permeability Due Mon 12/3: Start Experiment #2 in your lab book where you (1) Answer the pre-lab questions, and (2) Invent a hypothesis and method for measuring soil porosity and permeability. See the assignment sheet:
Due Fri, 11/30: Complete the Ch 19 Packet; be prepared for a Factor label Friday & Ch 19 quiz. Due Wed, 11/28: Finish the soil graphic organizer for Ch 12 Section 3, and use the first three nutrients from this for the back. Due Tues, 11/27: Reflection on your grade (front & back; look on SchoolNet for your % grade). Due Tues, 11/20: Core concepts from Ch 18. Due Tues, 11/13: 3-paragraph essay evaluating the three aspects of public speaking in "An Inconvenient Truth" film. See details here:
Due Thurs, 11/8: Get AP sign-up sheet signed and bring in the $5 ASAP. Work on your next Science Seminar presentation. Due Mon, 11/5: Core Concepts: Ch 3.2 and Ch 19.4. Due Thurs, 11/1: Be prepared for a Geologic Timeline Quiz. Due Tues, 10/30: Geologic Time Webquest Due Fri, 10/26: Thorough answers to both FRQ questions assigned Monday. Answers should be hand-written on separate paper and stapled to the handout. Due Thurs, 10/25: Complete the ENSO project from class Tuesday. Due Tues, 10/23: (1) Research and answer #1-3 on the back of the "Preparing for FRQs" (2) READ both FRQ questions assigned today. Due Mon, 10/22: Try the test calculation questions again; open notes. Due Wed, 10/17: Study for the Earth's Energy Budget Test 10/17! Due Tues., 10/16: Finish the Insolation/Seasons Lab. See today's notes to the left ("Insolation Lab"). Due FRI, 10/12: (1) Radish seed germination lab report (individual) & visual aid for your presentation (team). Due Thurs, 10/11: Read the Thermodynamics article and answer questions #1-10 using complete sentences. Due Wed, 10/10 @ 8pm: Send me your email account so I can add you to our wiki website! Due Fri 10/5: Earthquake project. NOTE: YOU MAY CHOSE ANY THREE CITIES THAT BORDER THE PACIFIC or INDIAN OCEANS (including international cities). Due Wed, 10/3: (1) Simpson's Experimental design worksheet, (2) Core concepts. 2 for each: Ch 14.1, 14.2, 18.1 and S47-49 (in the back of the book). Geosphere Test Due 9/6/12: Summer HW articles, math packet, and graphing packet. Read the directions, please!!! Due 9/12: Practice problems (metric system; front & back except for the riddle (#4) Due 9/13: SOLUTIONS (showing work in the factor label method) to the word problems. Bring questions to class to ask before the test!Scientific notation review - Quiz! Due 9/19: Personal narrative (what you are most proud of and what your top THREE VALUES/PRIORITIES are). Max: 2 pages, Min: 2 paragraphs. Typed for extra credit. Due Fri, 9/21:
(Website) Neatness counts! Due Mon, 9/24: Chapter 1 Core Concepts. Due Tues, 9/25: Study your webquest for a plate tectonics quiz (3 types of plate boundaries and the stress and faulttype associated with each.
Parents & Students:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Budget document
LINKS:
Geologic Timeline Visual Tour
Geologic Timeline Webquest
El Nino Southern Oscillation data
ENSO Link #2
CarbonTIME Pretest
Textbook companion site
- Flashcards
- Quizzes
Review Online with QuizzesAPES Web Resources
Environmental Council
Encyclopedia of Earth
Earth Touch Videos
Ecological Footprint Calculator
Science Seminar ("Current Events") Guidelines:
Acceptable sources: BBC Science & Environment, Environmental News Network, National Geographic Environment, or Emerging Nanotechnologies
Chapter core concepts worksheet:
Course information packet:
Helpful Website
Dimensional Analysis Video
Khan Academy VIDEOS
LONG DIVISION
1) Multiplying fractions
2) Basic Method
3) Metric Conversions
4) More metric
Scientific Notation
1) Review
2) Practice problems I
3) Practice Problems II
Significant Figures
1) Review
2) During calculations
Due ongoing: Science Seminar presentations: POLLUTION: Research presentation AND guided handout for peers.
Due Mon, 3/11: Practice Long Division HERE AND Graph your two countries' population pyramids AND complete the Chapter 5.3 & 6 packet with population calculation practice problems.
Due Thurs, 2/28: Create a poster of carbon pools for your 1 m x 1 m plot.
Due Tues, 2/26: Read handout about Carbon pools
Due Mon, 2/11: Core concepts & online quiz for Ch 5 (Optional extra credit for also doing chapter 4).
Due Fri, 2/8: Prepare for a nitrogen cycle & eutrophication quiz
Due Thurs, 2/7: Graphic organizers on the back of TWO readings: Nitrogen cycle & Eutrophication
Due Tues, 12/18: Surface area : volume ratio worksheet, #1-5
Due Fri, 12/7: Core Concepts, Ch 12.
Due Thurs, 12/6: Revised experimental procedure for porosity & permeability
Due Mon 12/3: Start Experiment #2 in your lab book where you (1) Answer the pre-lab questions, and (2) Invent a hypothesis and method for measuring soil porosity and permeability. See the assignment sheet:
Due Fri, 11/30: Complete the Ch 19 Packet; be prepared for a Factor label Friday & Ch 19 quiz.
Due Wed, 11/28: Finish the soil graphic organizer for Ch 12 Section 3, and use the first three nutrients from this for the back.
Due Tues, 11/27: Reflection on your grade (front & back; look on SchoolNet for your % grade).
Due Tues, 11/20: Core concepts from Ch 18.
Due Tues, 11/13: 3-paragraph essay evaluating the three aspects of public speaking in "An Inconvenient Truth" film. See details here:
Due Thurs, 11/8: Get AP sign-up sheet signed and bring in the $5 ASAP. Work on your next Science Seminar presentation.
Due Mon, 11/5: Core Concepts: Ch 3.2 and Ch 19.4.
Due Thurs, 11/1: Be prepared for a Geologic Timeline Quiz.
Due Tues, 10/30: Geologic Time Webquest
Due Fri, 10/26: Thorough answers to both FRQ questions assigned Monday. Answers should be hand-written on separate paper and stapled to the handout.
Due Thurs, 10/25: Complete the ENSO project from class Tuesday.
Due Tues, 10/23: (1) Research and answer #1-3 on the back of the "Preparing for FRQs" (2) READ both FRQ questions assigned today.
Due Mon, 10/22: Try the test calculation questions again; open notes.
Due Wed, 10/17: Study for the Earth's Energy Budget Test 10/17!
Due Tues., 10/16: Finish the Insolation/Seasons Lab. See today's notes to the left ("Insolation Lab").
Due FRI, 10/12: (1) Radish seed germination lab report (individual) & visual aid for your presentation (team).
Due Thurs, 10/11: Read the Thermodynamics article and answer questions #1-10 using complete sentences.
Due Wed, 10/10 @ 8pm: Send me your email account so I can add you to our wiki website!
Due Fri 10/5: Earthquake project. NOTE: YOU MAY CHOSE ANY THREE CITIES THAT BORDER THE PACIFIC or INDIAN OCEANS (including international cities).
Due Wed, 10/3: (1) Simpson's Experimental design worksheet, (2) Core concepts. 2 for each: Ch 14.1, 14.2, 18.1 and S47-49 (in the back of the book). Geosphere Test
Due 9/6/12: Summer HW articles, math packet, and graphing packet. Read the directions, please!!!
Due 9/12: Practice problems (metric system; front & back except for the riddle (#4)
Due 9/13: SOLUTIONS (showing work in the factor label method) to the word problems. Bring questions to class to ask before the test!Scientific notation review - Quiz!
Due 9/19: Personal narrative (what you are most proud of and what your top THREE VALUES/PRIORITIES are). Max: 2 pages, Min: 2 paragraphs. Typed for extra credit.
Due Fri, 9/21:
Due Mon, 9/24: Chapter 1 Core Concepts.
Due Tues, 9/25: Study your webquest for a plate tectonics quiz (3 types of plate boundaries and the stress and fault type associated with each.